🏒@HockeyBangers2026-27 projections

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2026-27 Projection

Eeli Tolvanen

SEA · Age 27.3 · 🇫🇮 Finland · 5′10″, 191 lb · Draft 2017, 30th overall (NSH)
SEAteam
LW,RWposition
53position rank
156skater rank
42overall
-10offense
52peripherals

Value over replacement, based on 82 games played.
Ideal for H2H 12-team banger category leagues, 16 roster spots.

Per 82 GP2026-27projection2025-2678 GPH239 GPH139 GPPrev 3223 GP · 3y
TOI15.8916.0414.9715.9014.85
PP TOI1.581.851.522.171.79
G2013131321
A2025173418
PTS4038304639
PPP101511198
SOG148148161136149
PIM2832313122
Hits192197176218198
Blocks76856910168

Sample: 78 GP · 978 5v5 min (2025-26) — how much ice time backs these rates

Positional rankingLeft wing · league-wide (of 281)
offenseperipheralsvalue over replacement

Counts = projected deployment × projected /60 rate, per 82 GP. Rates regress off the process metric (ixG, shot-driving), not last year's finishing %. PP points = projected PP rate (anchored on the 2nd-half PP1 role, finishing regressed) × projected PP TOI.

Context brain — deployment, role, coaching & injury signals (why the line should move)
TailwindModest 5v5 lift for Seattle's young forwards; cleaner PP structure. · Coaching landscape report

Metrics worth highlighting

The charts that move this projection — where he broke from his own 3-year rate, where the season split in half, and where we’re taking the number next year
Second-half fade
1A/60
3-yr 0.370.28Q1Q2Q3Q4

1A/60 finished the year 81% below where it started (0.73 in the first half, 0.14 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

Second-half surge
ixG/60
3-yr 0.670.92Q1Q2Q3Q4

ixG/60 finished the year 65% above where it started (0.44 in the first half, 0.73 in the second). The projection leans on how the season ended, so the second half counts for more.

We project it up
G
2022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5

We’re projecting goals 54% above last season, 13 to 20.

Above his 3-year rate
PP ixG/60
1.8422-2323-2424-2525-26

PP ixG/60 ran 42% above his 3-year rate last season (1.84 against 1.30).

Picked automatically from every chart on this card, ranked by how far each number moved. Each claim is measured off the chart drawn beside it.

Similar & complementary players

Similar makeup Forward
Closest across all seven categories — match % is the whole-profile fit
  • Charlie CoyleC,RW · Columbus Blue Jackets85% match
    shared: Blocks, Hits
  • Scott LaughtonLW · Los Angeles Kings85% match
    shared: Hits, Blocks
  • Lawson CrouseLW,RW · Utah Mammoth85% match
    shared: Hits, Blocks
  • Emil HeinemanLW,RW · New York Islanders84% match
    shared: Hits, Blocks
Complementary Forward
Same position, opposite profile — strong where Eeli Tolvanen is weak or average, light where he’s strong
  • Clayton KellerLW · Utah Mammothcovers 4
    fills: PPP, A, SOG, G
  • Nikita KucherovRW · Tampa Bay Lightningcovers 5
    fills: A, PPP, G, SOG
  • Evgeni MalkinC,LW · Pittsburgh Penguinscovers 5
    fills: A, PIM, PPP, SOG
  • Jack HughesC,LW · New Jersey Devilscovers 4
    fills: SOG, PPP, A, G
Profile shape — per-82 category values vs the league p99 for the position (same scale as the hero bars)
This player
GAPPPSOGPIMHitsBlocks
the profile below
vs Similar
GAPPPSOGPIMHitsBlocks
similar players hug the shape
vs Complementary
GAPPPSOGPIMHitsBlocks
complements fill the gaps

Deployment

Deployment projection — next-year TOI & PP TOI vs the last two years (the role that drives every count)
Coaching
2026-27 · Lane Lambert (SEA)
Last year: Lane Lambert full season (1st yr) — no change
Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
TOI15.8916.0414.85+8%
5v5 TOI12.4712.5512.47+1%
PP TOI1.581.851.79+3%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 19 · 22 · 17
TOI*
3-yr 14.8514.61Q1Q2Q3Q4
5v5 TOI
3-yr 12.4712.44Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP TOI
3-yr 1.791.13Q1Q2Q3Q4
*Total TOI by quarter reconstructs 5v5+PP quarterly totals plus a held-flat season PK/GP — NST has no all-strength quarterly export. Level is accurate; quarter-to-quarter movement comes from 5v5+PP.
By season — year over year
TOI
15.8922-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
5v5 TOI
12.4722-2323-2424-2525-2626-27
PP TOI
1.5822-2323-2424-2525-2626-27

Shooting — volume & conversion

How much and how well he shoots — volume (SOG), finishing (% vs chance quality), and the individual shot-quality funnel (iCF ⊇ iSCF ⊇ iHDCF).

Metric (5v5)26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
SOG/605.895.706.65-14%
G/600.420.310.93-67%
iSH%10.405.4413.99-61%
ixG/600.570.67-15%
iCF/6012.8713.79-7%
iSCF/606.627.25-9%
iHDCF/602.272.93-23%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 19 · 22 · 17
SOG/60
3-yr 6.657.09Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSH%
3-yr 13.990.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
ixG/60
3-yr 0.670.92Q1Q2Q3Q4
iCF/60
3-yr 13.7914.47Q1Q2Q3Q4
iSCF/60
3-yr 7.258.80Q1Q2Q3Q4
iHDCF/60
3-yr 2.932.84Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
SOG/60
5.7022-2323-2424-2525-26
iSH%
5.4422-2323-2424-2525-26
ixG/60
0.5722-2323-2424-2525-26
iCF/60
12.8722-2323-2424-2525-26
iSCF/60
6.6222-2323-2424-2525-26
iHDCF/60
2.2722-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
G
2022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
SOG
14822-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
The blue 26-27 point is our projection. The bold line is all situations; the muted line under it is 5v5 alone, so the gap between them is his special-teams production. Full seasons are true per-82 counts; the 2025-26 H1/H2 reconstruct all-strength from the 5v5+PP quarterly exports plus the season's held-flat PK/other. The projected 5v5 point is the engine's even-strength share of the total, converted to 5v5 by his own 5v5-to-even-strength split, so overtime and 4-on-4 scoring stays out of it.
Regression read — where next year's /60 rate lands and why (process over finishing)
ContextFinishing looks earned: iSH% 5.4% sits near the 14.0% 3-yr mark with 5v5 ixG/60 0.57 (44th pct league-wide) — goals held close to last year.
RiskShot volume down 14% (5v5 SOG/60 5.70 vs 6.65) — volume is the repeatable half, so this caps the goal ceiling.
TailwindTrajectory: 5v5 ixG/60 climbed 0.44→0.73 across the year — process trending the right way into next season.

Assists — playmaking & on-ice offense

Primary vs secondary helpers, plus the on-ice offense and luck signals underneath them.

Metric (5v5)26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
on-ice SH%8.367.969.03-12%
IPP56.9453.2664.87-18%
1A/600.370.430.37+17%
2A/600.330.250.35-28%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 19 · 22 · 17
1A/60
3-yr 0.370.28Q1Q2Q3Q4
2A/60
3-yr 0.350.00Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
1A/60
0.4322-2323-2424-2525-26
2A/60
0.2522-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
A
2022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
PTS
4022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
The blue 26-27 point is our projection. The bold line is all situations; the muted line under it is 5v5 alone, so the gap between them is his special-teams production. Full seasons are true per-82 counts; the 2025-26 H1/H2 reconstruct all-strength from the 5v5+PP quarterly exports plus the season's held-flat PK/other. The projected 5v5 point is the engine's even-strength share of the total, converted to 5v5 by his own 5v5-to-even-strength split, so overtime and 4-on-4 scoring stays out of it.
Regression read — where next year's /60 rate lands and why (process over finishing)
TailwindIPP 53.3% sits below the 64.9% 3-yr mark — participation should rebound, nudging assists up.

Power play

PP opportunity and finishing — modelled separately from 5v5.

Metric26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
PP TOI1.581.851.79+3%
PP iSH%11.9716.108.97+79%
PP SOG/6012.6912.9211.75+10%
PP ixG/601.841.30+42%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 19 · 22 · 17
PP TOI/GP
3-yr 1.791.13Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP SOG/60
3-yr 11.7515.68Q1Q2Q3Q4
PP ixG/60
3-yr 1.301.76Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PP TOI/GP
1.8522-2323-2424-2525-26
PP SOG/60
12.9222-2323-2424-2525-26
PP ixG/60
1.8422-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PPP
1022-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPG
322-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
PPA
722-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
The blue 26-27 point is our projection. PPG and PPA are the 2 halves of the PPP above them, split by the projection's own goal/assist mix. PP-only, so the halves are exact.
Regression read — where next year's /60 rate lands and why (process over finishing)
RiskPP role projected down: 1.8→1.6 PP TOI/gp (role tapered late (Q4 1.1 vs 1.8 full-year) — projected toward the softer finish) — the biggest PPP lever.
TailwindPP chance quality up (PP ixG/60 1.84 vs 1.30) — a real process gain, the kind that sustains PP points.

Physical — PIM · hits · blocks

Peripheral counting categories. Noisier and scorer-biased — read as role over the years, not pure talent.

Metric (5v5)26-27
proj
2025-26Prev 3Diff
PIMs/601.251.231.27-3%
Hits/6010.8010.7911.27-4%
Blks/603.934.113.80+8%
By quarter — 2025-26 vs 3-yr baseline
GP  20 · 19 · 22 · 17
PIMs/60
3-yr 1.271.13Q1Q2Q3Q4
Hits/60
3-yr 11.279.36Q1Q2Q3Q4
Blks/60
3-yr 3.803.97Q1Q2Q3Q4
By season — year over year
PIMs/60
1.2322-2323-2424-2525-26
Hits/60
10.7922-2323-2424-2525-26
Blks/60
4.1122-2323-2424-2525-26
Per-82 count — 3 seasons, 2025-26 halves & 26-27 projection
PIM
2822-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
HITS
19222-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
BLK
7622-2323-2424-25H1H226-27
all5v5
The blue 26-27 point is our projection. The bold line is all situations; the muted line under it is 5v5 alone, so the gap between them is his special-teams production. Full seasons are true per-82 counts; the 2025-26 H1/H2 reconstruct all-strength from the 5v5+PP quarterly exports plus the season's held-flat PK/other. The projected 5v5 point is the engine's even-strength share of the total, converted to 5v5 by his own 5v5-to-even-strength split, so overtime and 4-on-4 scoring stays out of it.
Regression read — where next year's /60 rate lands and why (process over finishing)
RiskHits tailing off: Q4 9.36/60 and 2nd-half 9.63 below the 10.79 season rate — projected DOWN to 10.80/60, weighting the recent decline over the 11.27 3-yr mark.
RiskBlocks tailing off: Q4 3.97/60 and 2nd-half 3.31 below the 4.11 season rate — projected DOWN to 3.93/60, weighting the recent decline over the 3.80 3-yr mark.